Health Hazard Evaluation Determination Report No. 75-143-333: Unitog Company: Warrensburg, Missouri

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• Personal Author:
  Rivera, Raymond O.
• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A health hazard evaluation determination performed at the Unitog Company (SIC-2311) in Warrensburg, Missouri, a facility used to produce business clothing of the permanent press type, revealed that employees in the pressing department are not exposed to toxic concentrations of aldehydes, toluene (108883), methyl-ethyl-ketone (78933) and phenol (108952) in the workroom air. It was also determined that the same employees are exposed to particulate lint fibers which irritate their eyes, nose and throat. The employees handle uncured fabrics which contain quantities of latent formaldehyde in excess of 1,000 ppm by weight, thus increasing the risk of contact dermatitis. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Air Pollutants, Occupational Aldehydes Butanones Dermatitis Environmental Monitoring Formaldehyde Lung Occupational Health Particulate Matter Phenol Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety Sense Organs Skin Skin Diseases Solvents Textile Industry Toluene Toxicology Ventilation

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• Keywords:
  Air-quality-measurement Airborne-particulates Dermatitis Eye-irritation Eyes, Nose, And Throat Irritation Formaldehyde Garment-workers Hazards-Unconfirmed HHE-75-143-333 Lint Fibers MEK Methyl Ethyl Ketone NIOSH-Author NIOSH-Health-Hazard-Evaluation Occupational-health Organic-solvents OSHA Region 7 Particulate Respiratory-irritation Respiratory-system-disorders Skin-disorders

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• Series:
  Health Hazard Evaluation Reports (HHE)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHHHE75143333
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Missouri ; Warrensburg (MO) ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSHEFS - Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations, and Field Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  13 pdf pages
• Contributor:
  Gilles, Dawn M. ; Flesch, Jerome P.
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00057192
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-269135
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, HHE 75-143-333, 1976 Sep ; :1-13
• CAS Registry Number:
  Toluene (CAS RN 108-88-3) ; Methyl ethyl ketone (CAS RN 78-93-3) ; Phenol (CAS RN 108-95-2)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  2311 - Men's and boys' suits and coats - (SIC)
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:dcb44aab4835e8e6c7b788fc273694e544db29a1a7f34b395c8b904d87739a211b16f3f28a7f8427373677198a1f3a132cb37df363729f45d67feab2f2df4a79
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/174000/cdc_174000_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.10 MB ]